CHP looking for suspect in fatal accident

SAN ANDREAS — California Highway Patrol investigators are asking the public's assistance in locating a small tan or silver pickup whose driver is suspected of causing a fatal accident late Wednesday morning in San Andreas.

SAN ANDREAS — California Highway Patrol investigators are asking the public's assistance in locating a small tan or silver pickup whose driver is suspected of causing a fatal accident late Wednesday morning in San Andreas.

The CHP reported that Charles Bray, 57, of Cashmere, Wash., died after the accident about 11:30 a.m. on Highway 49 at the south end of San Andreas.

Witnesses said that Bray was southbound on his 1995 Harley Davidson motorcycle when a northbound pickup turned left onto Angels Road, putting the pickup in the path of Bray's motorcycle.

Bray reportedly steered left in order to avoid a collision but was unable to control the bike. The bike went down and Bray hit the roadway and then the bumper of a northbound Mercury Marquis that was behind the pickup.

Bray was declared dead at 11:45 a.m.

The small pickup fled the scene, and images of it were captured by a number of surveillance cameras at businesses in San Andreas, said Officer Rebecca Myers of the San Andreas office of the CHP.

CHP investigators ask anyone with information on the identity of the pickup or its driver to contact them at (209) 754-3541.